News: Nick Ritchie not qualified

[The Hockey Tonk Man]

Guys not very good. Take away his early power play tap ins and his stats aren’t good.

 

[wintersej]

Nick Ritchie to Toronto. He's from Toronto and can easily fit himself in Hyman's role in the top 2 lines.

Dubas already mentioned he's looking for Physical forwards to compliment his group

You don't want him in the top 2 lines. He isn't a quarter of the player Hyman is in any area except for standing in front of the net.

 

[OVO16]

You don't want him in the top 2 lines. He isn't a quarter of the player Hyman is in any area except for standing in front of the net.

Thats fine we'll take him bottom 6 too.

Ideal fit regardless because we're severely lacking LW bodies

 

[CupsOverCash]

Leafs going with a 50 man roster???? LOL

Dude that's every offseason for them.

 

[SPLBRUIN]

Despite being slow Ritchie has good skills, the problem is he just dosen't have the passion/desire required to be an effective NHL player. With his size,strength and fighting ability he could be a real force, unfortunately he rarely applies it, I can't see this ever changing.

 

[wintersej]

Well you still have to play teams like Washington and you already lost Miller and Lauson so almost no toughness left.

Yes and nearly 20 million in cap space

 

[burstnbloom]

Big surprise he don't receive a qualifer offer... he is pretty good player.

He's not really. I don't know if I've disliked watching a player on my team this much in a long time. Maybe Tinordi.

 

[burstnbloom]

Dubas had him in the Soo I believe. Small town Orangeville kid from just outside the GTA.

Could see him being a prime target for TOR if he comes in under or around 3m. Ritchie, Simmonds and potentially Foligno would be a mean group to go up against in the Atlantic.

setting the o/u on this lines chances for % at 41%. Take the under.

 

[Knies iT]

setting the o/u on this lines chances for % at 41%. Take the under.

What line? Didn't even propose one.

 

[deca guard]

at 25 hes the right age for detroits core and yzerman has stated hes still looking to add a forward

 

[PhiladelphiaKessel]

I would add the local boy on a 1 or 2 year prove it contract. Surely he must know his time is running out to be an impact player and will slowly fizzle out of the league unless he kicks his a** into gear.

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

One of the most frustrating players to watch ever. When engaged, he can be a force. Problem is, that's maybe 1% of the time. The other 99% he loafs around and just collects a paycheck.

“Loafing around” is the perfect way to describe his mobility (or lack thereof). He’s not a good technical skater to begin with, but then on top of it, he doesn’t even try to skate most of the time. He watches his passes up ice like he just hit a 450 foot bomb into the center field bleachers at Fenway.

To all other fans - unless he’s making close to league minimum and he’s stapled to a fourth line role, be ready to absolutely despise this player.

 

[DangleCity]

While only 25 years old, he's going on his 7th season in the NHL. His next stop may be his last chance to find any sort of regular role with a team. He started of last year pretty well, but that's because he was actually trying and fighting to get to the dirty areas and getting his ass in front of the net, As soon as he reverted back to his old ways of being lazy his production dropped off and he was useless since he lacks any other talent other than size and strength

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

...Baby Huey (you young'uns look it up ) on ice is the best way to describe Ritchie...have fun in Europe...

 

[Dr Quincy]

Ritchie not qualified..... to play.

 

[rocketdan9]

My guess is teams are dangling 2m per. And he is looking for 3m per.

Settle on 2.5m per

Someone will sign him. The risk will be for how long. Imo the type of player you need to bait a steak with to play hungry. Otherwise may become a puddle

 

[terranraida]

I've been saying it for years. Ritchie is awful and his dumb penalties absolutely killed Anaheim.


So now naturally bob will sign him 4x2 or some dumb shit.

 

[CrownofThornton]

Infuriating player. Has some of the tools required to make an impact, rarely uses them.

Ritchie watches the play more often than engaging in it, and generally is a step behind. He really should work on his fitness and skating in the off-season.

 

[Beesfan]

I've been saying it for years. Ritchie is awful and his dumb penalties absolutely killed Anaheim.


So now naturally bob will sign him 4x2 or some dumb shit.

Yes, don't miss the dumb penalties. Those were killer with Boston too.

When he sets him mind to it, he can be a pretty effective body checker though.

 

[terranraida]

Yes, don't miss the dumb penalties. Those were killer with Boston too.

When he sets him mind to it, he can be a pretty effective body checker though.

Fun fact, Ritchie's last full season as a duck, in 60 games, he had 26 more penalty minutes than all his time spent in boston.
When he was traded to Boston, at 41 games, he had 78.

 

[DFF]

Should sign with the Flames

Join his brother and Lucic to form the toughest, slowest line in the history of the NHL

Sutter would love it

 

[AveryStar4Eva]

My guess is teams are dangling 2m per. And he is looking for 3m per.

Settle on 2.5m per

Someone will sign him. The risk will be for how long. Imo the type of player you need to bait a steak with to play hungry. Otherwise may become a puddle

With Heinen getting 1.100M I wouldn’t be surprised to see sign for far less than 2.500M as those guys were recently traded strait up for each other. My guess is 1.750/1

 

[weinsink]

He'd be a good addition to the Leafs bottom 6

SMFH!

 

[Root]

Yes, don't miss the dumb penalties. Those were killer with Boston too.

When he sets him mind to it, he can be a pretty effective body checker though.

In the bubble he took bad penalties but he didn't take many bad penalties this season, I thought he did a good job getting that out of his game. At times the problem I had with him is he didn't engage enough physically, he would peel off in front of the net as soon as the whistle blew. That and obviously his footspeed/conditioning. He is a talented player but doesn't seem to want to do what it takes.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

SMFH!

What would be wrong with signing Nick Ritchie? he would replace Foligno and Given that Foligno barely played it would be very very hard for Ritchie not to be an upgrade